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It was early morning when Suyin, Tenzin and Aang set out for the police station. Aang had been as pleasantly pleased to see Su as Tenzin had been the night before.

"So you think someone may have poisoned Lin to get to mom?" Su asked. She involuntarily shivered. The small group was on Oogi, quietly making their way into the heart of Republic City.

"That's one of the theories, yes," Aang replied. "But frankly, there are so many possibilities. All we know is that it has to do with Lin's job."

The three arrived at the police station. Tenzin turned to Oogi. "Go on home, back to the island. There's no real good place for you to stay here all day. If I need you, I'll whistle." With that, the large beast nodded and departed, leaving the small group by themselves.

"Now what?" Su asked.

"We need to talk to all of Lin's top subordinates," Tenzin said. "They need to know what's going on. It's been three days. Maybe they can help us."

"Hopefully."

The group headed inside the police station. It was business as usual, even in the early morning hours. Everywhere, officers where coming and going, filing reports, attending meetings and performing their duties. Though Lin had been gone without an explanation for three days, her officers continued their work flawlessly. As the group continued down the halls, officers greeted Aang and Tenzin with a smile, before their eyes fell on Su. More than once, her presence caused a few whispers and speculations.

"Did you see that? That's the Chief's estranged half sister!"

"Really! I thought they weren't speaking!"

"Just ignore them Su," Aang said gently as Su's expression began to turn into a frown from all the whispers in the halls.

"It just reminds me how horrible I was back when I was younger."

"No need to dwell on the past," Aang replied. "Just focus on the now. Now you understand your mistakes and are able to do anything to save your sister."

The conversation ended when the group arrived at their destination. They had reached the small hallway of offices that hosted Lin's immediate subordinates.

"Tenzin? Aang?" The pair turned to see Ki, Lin's second in command, walking down the hall. Beside him was a serious man, also dressed in the garbs of a captain.

"Just the man we wanted to speak with," Aang said seriously. "May we have a moment?"

"For you, all the time in the world." Ki said. He then turned to the officer accompanying him. "Allow me to introduce Captain Saikhan. He's recently been promoted and now serves directly under myself."

Captain Saikhan extended his arm and shook hands with Aang and Tenzin. When he reached Su, she cleared her throat. "I should introduce myself. I'm Suyin Beifong, Lin's half-sister."

"Pleasure to meet you," Saikhan said with a smile.

To his right, Ki looked at Su. "Long time no see Su."

"I know," Su said sheepishly. "I'm trying to fix that."

"So what brings you here?" Ki asked. "All of you here."

"We need to talk somewhere in private," Tenzin said sternly. "It's extremely important that we do so."

"Yes, yes of course. Will my office do?" Ki lead them down to the end of the hall. "And more importantly, may Saikhan join us?"

"Yes," Aang said as they entered Ki's office. The group took their seats at chairs surroundings his desk. "But what we tell you is for the two of you and the two of you alone. As Lin's closest officers it's imperative you two understand what's going on."

Ki nodded as he got up from his seat at the head of the desk. He walked over to the door to the office and shut the blinds that covered the small window on the door that viewed into the hallway. He then locked the door, dead bolting it so no one could intrude. When he sat back down, Ki turned his attention back to Aang and Tenzin. "You can speak freely. No one will interrupt us. How's Lin? I'm going to assume this has to do with her."

"It does," Tenzin said cautiously. "She's... She's not well Ki. We told you that she was sick a few days ago. It's much worse than that. My mother believes she has been poisoned."

"Poisoned!" Ki's face paled. Beside him, Saikhan looked at Tenzin in disbelief.

"Yes, we don't know by who, but we believe it was slipped to her in her afternoon tea."

"Is... Is she alright?" Ki asked.

"She's stable but she hasn't awoken since she first collapsed." Aang said with a frown.

"What... What do you want me to do?" Ki asked. "Is there anyway we can help?"

"As a matter of fact, there is," Tenzin stated. "We found something in Lin's personal files. It concerns case 1151, a case we believe was dealt with during Toph's era. Is there anyway we can access these files?"

Ki nodded. "Toph's took the original copies of all files personally. They hold the best notes of all the cases, but the police station does have summaries of all cases. It won't be as detailed and clear as hers, but it's all I can offer."

"That's fine," Aang said. "We already tried to get the originals. Seem Toph took them with her when she left Republic City on her latest adventure."

Ki nodded. "Is there anything else we can do? You have or full cooperation."

"Yes," Tenzin continued. "We need you to continue to act as though Lin is merely sick with a cold. As soon as we get this report, we may need further assistance, but until then the most important thing is keeping this a secret."

"Of course," Ki turned to Saikhan. "Can you personally find this file and bring it to us immediately?"

Saikhan nodded. "Is there anything else that you would like me to do?"

Finally Su spoke up. "You said that she was poisoned with her afternoon tea. Can you bring whoever prepares it to us?"

"Yes of course, I can go get her assistant Heng," Saikhan said.

"Good." Ki looked at Saikhan. "We will be waiting here."

Saikhan nodded and left the room. Once he was gone, Ki turned to the avatar and his companions. "I wish I could tell you that I had a lead, or some suspicion but I can't. Lin's police Chief. She has so many enemies. Hell, every one of the high ranking officers can't go a week without a threat or two. But I'm gonna help you."

"Thanks Ki, we appreciate it."

Ki stood up and walked over to the tea set in the corner of the room. "Tea? Anybody? Maybe it will calm the nerves." He began to prepare the tea for the group. "I like Lin. She's as talented as her mother and spirits know how I idolize Toph. Taught me everything I know." He returned back to his main desk and handed each person a tea cup. "Here, there's sugar and cream. Help yourself." He sat down and began to sip his own tea.

"Thanks," Su said meekly. "But I'm afraid I can't stomach any tea right now."

"The same for me," Aang said as Tenzin nodded in agreement. "This whole situation has me too stressed."

Ki nodded. "It's understandable. Hopefully, when Saikhan returns we can find some answers in this case." The small group continues to sit in silence. The only sound filling the room was the small clink of Ki's teacup.